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Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment

Harold Schechter

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Argues that violence in the media actually serves as a beneficial outlet, presenting corollary challenges to current beliefs about excessive violence in today's media and entertainment to contend that the modern generation's exposure to violence is less than that of historical periods. By the author of The Serial Killer Files. 20,000 first printing

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release: March 01, 2005

ISBN: 0312282761

ISBN 13: 9780312282769

Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment

Harold Schechter

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Argues that violence in the media actually serves as a beneficial outlet, presenting corollary challenges to current beliefs about excessive violence in today's media and entertainment to contend that the modern generation's exposure to violence is less than that of historical periods. By the author of The Serial Killer Files. 20,000 first printing

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Release: March 01, 2005

ISBN: 0312282761

ISBN 13: 9780312282769

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